magnanimous

If you are magnanimous, you behave kindly and generously towards someone, especially after defeating them or being treated badly by them.adj
(=generous)(Antonym: vindictive)
I was prepared to be magnanimous, prepared to feel compassion for him...♦
magnanimouslyadvusu ADV with v`You were right, and we were wrong,' he said magnanimously.

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